An Algorithm for the Declaration of Executive and Legislative Election Results in Nigeria.
Jonathan A. Enokela · 2011
Since independence in 1960, elections in Nigeria have been plagued by a variety of malpractices. The problems with elections in the country have reflected on the lack of development in other spheres of endeavour and infrastructure. The electoral problems are best addressed by the deployment of electronic voting systems which will ensure faster declarations of results and hence enhance confidence in the electoral process. An algorithm that could be used in conjunction with an electronic voting machine to declare results of elections for executive and legislative positions has been developed. The implementation of the algorithm assures accurate and fast tabulation of election results thus removing tedium in the process from poll workers. Although the algorithm has been implemented in Java programming language, any suitable high level language can be used.